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Hi everybody, I have what is most likely a very stupid question but I just want to be on the safe side.
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if your are concerened then i would have a battery discharge check done just in case ..
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I would disconnect the battery but the fact I wouldn't be able to lock the passenger door is a bit of a no-no in my current situation.
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Hi everybody, I have what is most likely a very stupid question but I just want to be on the safe side.
If I leave my car for over a week and my battery dies (I'm hoping it won't as I installed a new Bosch battery not too long ago), will my alarm go off non stop meaning my neighbors will burn my car by the time I get back?
I would disconnect the battery but the fact I wouldn't be able to lock the passenger door is a bit of a no-no in my current situation.
I'm hoping the alarm won't just go off when/if the battery is flat as I'd hope it would have its own reserve power...
Well .. for a start if it goes flat then it wont start when you get back
Im afraid though , being serious , the alarm monitors voltage .. if the battery starts to get low it will trigger the alarm .
For a car to go flat in a week then it has a problem .. a battery discharge .. if your are concerened then i would have a battery discharge check done just in case .. no discharge and it will be fine for a week .
I would also double press the lock button .. it will turn off interior monitoring .
Haha, thanks deMort, appreciated as always!
It's actually for 10 days rather than a week. I have left the car for a week a couple of times and have not had any problems.
Thanks for the double press trick, didn't know about that. I'm guessing I could leave my neighbor my key and they could deactivate the alarm if it were to go off.
How long do you reckon a battery under normal circumstances would take to go flat?
Could you not hook up a trickle charger such as the C-tek ?
Is the car parked close to your house ? Could you not Run an extension lead out and hook up a trickle charger?
The battery should last 10 days if you put it to sleep as Demort says......
Actually, since replying to deMort I have been looking at CTEK chargers (BTW, any suggestion on which is the best one for a 996.1? I'm researching that at the moment.)
Yep, my car is parked right outside my living room. So if I could get an extension from the charger to the living room and I could close my window on the cable, then I might just go for that option. I might need a 5m extension though.
I found a good post by GT4 on here which I am using as inspiration.
Ill leave others to say which type of charger is best .
For a battery to go flat enough to trigger an alarm then my guesstimate is 6 weeks ish ... id probably push it to 8 depending on the battery type .
After about 4 weeks then it probably wont spin over very fast .. might do depending on battery charge lvl and battery capacity when left but your into that sort of time limit .
